那迟早要遭报应的
“karma will get him.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
瞎了心眼儿
“If this continues,”
那 迟早 要 遭报应 的
“karma will get him.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
A deeply rooted belief in Chinese folk culture that unethical actions and lack of conscience will naturally meet inevitable, cosmic punishment.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
sooner or later
Common adverb used to assert that an inevitable outcome will occur with certainty.
suffer karmic retribution / face divine punishment
A serious moral idiom used when condemning deceitful or unethical actions.
Placed at the end of the sentence to project strong conviction and certainty about the assertion.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Doing things like that will come back to you.”
“it will one day devour you.”
“You will be punished by the gods.”